Taranaki Surf

Detailed Taranaki surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Taranaki. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Taranaki. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Taranaki over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Taranaki and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Taranaki Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Taranaki Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Taranaki coastline are also listed below.

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	Tue	Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	4	4	0	4	4	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 S	0.5 W	0.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.0 W	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	22	20	7	12	11	15	10	10	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	16	10
Energy(?)	446	136	191	57	294	374	573	1313	991	2845	3081	5125	3350	6407	4534	2601	1335	1441	1103	970	750	135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:06AM 2.96	12:15PM 3.34		12:42AM 2.98		1:01PM 3.16	1:14AM 3.13		1:37PM 3.12	1:59AM 2.91		2:16PM 3.03	2:53AM 2.30		2:58PM 3.23	3:30AM 3.05		3:51PM 3.09		4:24AM 2.77	4:51PM 2.79
Low Tide / height (m)		6:08AM 0.41	6:39PM 0.23		6:50AM 0.21		7:10PM 0.44	7:29AM 0.25		7:56PM 0.24	8:09AM 0.35		8:40PM 0.24	8:53AM 0.36		9:23PM 0.73	9:48AM 0.90		10:15PM 0.86	10:44AM 0.93		11:26PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	1	8	9	1	-	-	-	6	3	6	2	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	18	17	20	20	18	19	19	17	14	16	15	18	18	16	18	19	16	19	18	15
Low °C	16	16	17	16	19	19	18	19	17	13	13	15	12	17	17	14	16	18	13	18	17	13
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	16	20	20	17	19	18	16	11	15	14	17	17	15	18	19	16	19	18	15
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.6 SW	1.4 NNE	0.3 S	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.9 NW	0.5 NNW	0.2 S	3.5 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	7	13	7	13	22	20	18	12	11	9	10	9	12	11	10	12	11	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.5 N	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.5 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.5 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.4 NW	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	6	6	13	12	6	12	10	18	16	10	12	-	8	-	-	13	20	19	18	16	16	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 SE	0.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 SW	-	2.1 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.0 W	-	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	-
Period (s)	7	6	6	5	3	4	7	6	-	15	10	10	-	13	12	-	-	-	-	6	6	-

	Tue	Wednesday 21								Thursday 22								Friday 23
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.6 SW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	12	23	22	22	21	20	20	20	19	18	18	17	12
Energy(?)	523	291	379	330	214	263	132	343	335	173	203	250	114	85	374	463	487	637	1024	625	638	864
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:00AM 3.14				12:25PM 3.15				12:42AM 2.98									1:19AM 3.31
Low Tide / height (m)				6:14AM 0.22				6:39PM 0.23				6:49AM 0.22	7:02AM 0.15				7:15PM 0.53				7:23AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	1	-	1	1	6	1	1	7	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	17	16	16	17	18	18	18	17	18	19	19	19	18	19	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	20
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	16	17	17	17	16	17	19	19	19	18	19	20	18	18	17	17	18	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.6 SW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 NE	1.0 NNE	0.9 N	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.0 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 WSW	1.1 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	7	13	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	20	20	20	19	11	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.4 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 W
Period (s)	13	6	6	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	18	18	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.3 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	-
Period (s)	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	5	2	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	-

	Tuesday 20				Wednesday 21
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.9 SE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	7	7	7	13	13	6	13	13	13	13	13	14	4	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	311	345	523	513	473	180	289	224	225	351	332	330	34	59	115	115	115	114	114	187	187	36
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						12:06AM 2.96												12:20PM 3.52
Low Tide / height (m)												6:12AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	1
High °C	16	16	17	17	16	16	15	16	16	16	17	17	15	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	16	15	15	13	15	15	15	16	16	14	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.6 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.6 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	7	13	7	7	7	7	13	7	7	6	6	6	14	5	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.4 NNE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.4 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	13	6	13	13	6	6	6	6	6	6	13	13	14	13	7	7	7	7	7	13	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SE	0.9 SE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	4